Overview
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the domain. However, due to a personal grudge held by Horikawa Gentazaemon, the swordsmanship instructor, Genbachi met an untimely and bitter death through foul means within the precincts of the Hachiman Shrine. Due to the domain's oppressive treatment of those of low status, Tsuji, now with her infant son Botaro, was dispossessed of her home and exiled.
Cast
- Katsuo Nakamura as 田宮坊太郎
- Isuzu Yamada as 母つじ
- Mitsuo Nagata as 父源八郎
- Keijirō Morozumi as 柳生飛騨守
- Akitake Kōno as 大導寺平馬
- Kenji Susukida as 林山和尚
- Akiko Koyama as おきん
- Toshiko Ayukawa as 姉お半
- Tomoko Izumi as 少女お加代
- 高木悠子 as 少女お京